Healthy Recipes ITS FINALLY MELON SEASON!! Watermelon and Cantaloupe are my two favorites and a couple of the best

ITS FINALLY MELON SEASON!! 👨‍🌾 Watermelon and Cantaloupe are my two favorites and a couple of the best snack foods. How do you pick out a good melon? I’d love to hear your tricks and I’ll share mine as well 😎😎
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Melons are so great because they are pretty much just water disguised as food. Because of this, you get lots of volume for little calories. Both these bowls were around 500g worth of fruit and right around 200 calories. I am a boredom eater and during April-June I find myself on the couch watching the NBA playoffs often. It’s almost like I have some psychological need to eat while I sit there because if I don’t have food, I won’t watch the games. Melons are great because they provide so much volume for few calories and I can spread if out over an hour or so 👍👍
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Here’s how I pick my cantaloupe. They have been really good this year so I definitely recommend buying one next time you’re at the store. .
🔸Find one that is heavy for its size 🔸Make sure there are no major blemishes. 🔸Press on the butt and if it is soft, it’s ripe. If it’s firm, not yet. The butt is the opposite side of the stem. I don’t know what the actual name is but it seems like a butt to me. .
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How to pick a good watermelon 🍉 🔹Find one that is heavy for its size
🔹Find one that has a large sun spot. 🔹Find one with those brown marks on it that feel and look kind of like tree bark. This is where insects try and get to the fruit because they know it’s sweet. ➖
In my experience the watermelons with these qualities are always the best! .
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By: @themealprepmanual .
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